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One has a Flathead, One a Blown Olds, But Somehow These Traditional Hot Rods Share the Same Soul

There is just something about a traditional styled hot rod that just makes people smile. Even folks that wouldn’t describe themselves as traditional hot rod fans somehow find themselves drawn...

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From Dirty Dozen to Unreal Adventure 2026 Invited Subscriber: Pete Meyer and his 1963 Willys Wagon Made The Cut!

A few days ago we shared the Unreal Adventure Dirty Dozen, those 12 rigs that came from more than 100 submissions to be chosen to participate in Unreal Adventure 2026. Out of those 12, 5 will be...

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Retropower’s Austin Allegro Build Is Restomod Greatness. But is it Hiding a Secret? You Bet Your Ass It Is!

This here is something special. It’s not that an Austin Allegro is at the top of my british car list, but it is certainly up there! And when you see what has been done to make this what some...

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Building A 1968 Camaro Drift Car In Autoshop, and Then Taking It To The SEMA Show AND PRI! This is Something Special!

When the Los Angeles Career Center decides to do something, they go all in. Given the fact that Southern California is the epicenter of hot rodding and racing, it makes sense that a project like this...

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Jay Leno Takes a ride in ONE of the TWO 1914 Knox Model 46s still in Existence: This is a 496 CI Overhead-Valve Monster From the Nethercutt Collection!

Sometimes we forget just how bad ass humans were 100-140 years ago. I say this because the amount of invention and ingenuity that was happening in the world was just insane. I mean people came up...

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Watch This Video To See Powell Machine Grinding A Model A Ford Camshaft For Full Race Power

We’re not talking about some 3/4 Race cam here, we’re talking about a full race grind. But how do you actually grind a Model A Ford camshaft to get it to full race specs? Watch this video...

Stanceworks Is Building A Real Ferrari F40: Part 4 – Chassis And Roll Cage Improvements Beyond What Ferrari Designed For This V12 Beast

It’s time for another build episode of the Ferrari F40 over at Stanceworks, and that means it is tubing time! The chassis started coming together in the last episode, but there is going to be some...

Air Flow Research’s New 200cc SB Chevy Enforcer Cylinder Heads

Not every BANGshift reader is huffin’  a twin-turbo Mountain Motor, here’s a new performance Street Head from Air Flow Research that’ll make a lot of Small Block Chevy...

Cool Or Not? Rebodied Challenger Hellcat Becomes A 1968 Dodge Charger. It’s Clean, And Took A Lot Of Work, But Do You Approve?

(Words by Scott Liggett) While sipping our morning caffeine, we came across the daily notification from Bring A Trailer. One of the auctions that came up yesterday was this heavily modified 2023...

DIY Tube Bumpers & Rock Sliders Build: On This Dream 4Runner, Or Your Ride, These Clean Tube Sliders and Bumper Work!

Tube Bumpers have been commonplace on off-road rigs for a long time, and for good reason. They work, they are clean, and they offer a much lower profile that makes them harder to hang up on rocks...

This Body Dropped Nissan Hardbody Project Isn’t Going To Finish Itself! The Dave Chappelle Thrash Begins Right Here!

It’s time for the Nissan to get done! Dave has decided he’s going to push to get this thing ready to drive and show, so he’s setting himself some goals and deadlines. Check it out....

Junkyard Crawl Video: Exploring the LARGEST CLASSIC-CAR JUNKYARD In America with Freiburger! Muscle Cars, Classics, Trucks, And More!

We love walking through junkyards, and while it really doesn’t matter whether the cars and trucks in them are newer or older, we do get another level of enjoyment out of classic car and truck...

Bump Steer: What Is It? How Do You Measure It? Can You Fix It? The Basics Are Right Here, So Watch.

We’re going to be sharing a lot more tech around here in 2025, including a bunch on suspension systems, but we figured that sharing this short video on Bump Steer from the guys at TRZ would be...

This Slammed AE86 From Northern California Wowed The Crowd At Tokyo Auto Salon 2025

When this Toyota Corolla was new, it was just a little econobox car. There was nothing special about it, and it definitely wouldn’t be described as sexy. Like most economy cars of the mid...

The Mangled Mercury Project: Part 4 – Stretching and Reshaping The Roof Gutters On The 1939 Mangled Mercury To Make The Chop Top Perfect

We introduced the Mangled Mercury Project recently and shared the first cuts, plans, etc. for this soon to be cooler ride. We continued with more videos in the series, and if you missed those then...

This Old Hot Rod Traditional Style Drag Car Project Part 12 and 13: The Vintage Dragster Isn’t Done Yet! More Steering Parts Going In!

Like we said in the last two update videos, you need steering to drive a dragster. And the steering box and a custom pitman arm were built in those videos. In the next two you’ll see more of...

THE BEST HOT ROD ENGINE EVER? How To Make & Install Custom Motor Mounts – Make It Kustom’s 1931 Model A Roadster!

The Make It Kustom Model A Roadster project has been a staple in the background of the shop since they started the channel, and there have been plenty of episodes involving metal shaping and...

Bonhams Auction LIVE: The Cars At The Scottsdale Auction Selling In Real Time! FREE Live stream

If you have never been to an auction, you are missing out and should. And I’m not just talking about car auctions. Seriously, go to ANY auction you can find so that you can experience it....

Personalized Plate Drama: The Texas DMV Says This Houston Man’s Incredibly Creative License Plate Is Offensive.

We’ve all spent time admiring personalized, or vanity, plates on different cars and trucks at show, events, or around town. If you are like me, you have spent even more time trying to figure...